Father of The 5 Browns Quintet Pleads Guilty to Child Sex Abuse

Appearing solemn and showing injuries from a recent car crash, the father of the musical group The 5 Browns arrived to court Thursday and entered surprise guilty pleas to sexually abusing three of his daughters when they were children.

Keith Scott Brown, 55, was charged last week with abusing Desirae, 32, Deondra, 30, and Melody, 26, all members of the popular Julliard-trained quintet of siblings. The women had chosen to be identified in court papers.

The elder Brown arrived in Provo, Utah, courtroom with scratches to his face from Monday’s crash of his Porsche that sent him and his wife, Lisa Brown, 54, to the hospital. The accident occurred four days after charges were filed.

In an agreement with prosecutors, Brown pleaded guilty to sodomy on a child under 14, and two charges of sex abuse of a child, all felonies.